diff --git a/.github/workflows/dialect-mariadb.yml b/.github/workflows/dialect-mariadb.yml
index b75a7e7..d68c350 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dialect-mariadb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dialect-mariadb.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       UV_PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
-      DATABASE_URL: ${{ matrix.drivername }}://root:password@localhost:3306/example
+      DATABASE_URL: ${{ matrix.drivername }}://root:password@127.0.0.1:3306/example
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ jobs:
           enable-cache: true
           cache-suffix: mariadb-${{ matrix.python_version }}
 
+      - name: Install pre-requisite packages
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libmariadb-dev
+
       - name: Run example project tests
         working-directory: example_project
         run: uv run --extra mariadb pytest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dialect-mysql.yml b/.github/workflows/dialect-mysql.yml
index f73eb7e..9cf3efa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dialect-mysql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dialect-mysql.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python_version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
-        mysql_version: ["8.0", "8.4", "9.0"]
+        mysql_version: ["8.0", "8.4", "9.7"]
         drivername: ["mysql+mysqldb", "mysql+pymysql", "mysql+mysqlconnector", "mysql+cymysql"]
 
     services:
@@ -21,16 +21,10 @@ jobs:
           MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: password
         ports:
           - 3306:3306
-        options: >-
-          --health-cmd "healthcheck.sh --connect --innodb_initialized"
-          --health-start-period 10s
-          --health-interval 10s
-          --health-timeout 5s
-          --health-retries 3
 
     env:
       UV_PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
-      DATABASE_URL: ${{ matrix.drivername }}://root:password@localhost:3306/example
+      DATABASE_URL: ${{ matrix.drivername }}://root:password@127.0.0.1:3306/example
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -45,8 +39,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v8.2.0
         with:
           enable-cache: true
-          cache-suffix: mariadb-${{ matrix.python_version }}
+          cache-suffix: mysql-${{ matrix.python_version }}
+
+      - name: Install pre-requisite packages
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libmysqlclient-dev
 
       - name: Run example project tests
         working-directory: example_project
-        run: uv run --extra mariadb pytest
+        run: uv run --extra mysql pytest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-dialects.yml b/.github/workflows/test-dialects.yml
index 6b0fa92..9d06b9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-dialects.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-dialects.yml
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   dialect-sqlite:
-    if: ${{ inputs.sqlite == 'true' }}
+    if: ${{ inputs.sqlite }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/dialect-sqlite.yml
     secrets: inherit
 
   dialect-postgresql:
-    if: ${{ inputs.postgresql == 'true' }}
+    if: ${{ inputs.postgresql }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/dialect-postgresql.yml
     secrets: inherit
 
   dialect-mariadb:
-    if: ${{ inputs.mariadb == 'true' }}
+    if: ${{ inputs.mariadb }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/dialect-mariadb.yml
     secrets: inherit
 
   dialect-mysql:
-    if: ${{ inputs.mysql == 'true' }}
+    if: ${{ inputs.mysql }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/dialect-mysql.yml
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/example_project/pyproject.toml b/example_project/pyproject.toml
index 35287a0..be899a0 100644
--- a/example_project/pyproject.toml
+++ b/example_project/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ sqlite = [
 mariadb = [
     "cymysql>=1.1.1",
     "mariadb>=1.1.14",
+    "mysqlclient>=2.2.8",
+    "pymysql>=1.2.0",
+]
+mysql = [
+    "cymysql>=1.1.1",
     "mysql-connector-python>=9.7.0",
     "mysqlclient>=2.2.8",
     "pymysql>=1.2.0",
diff --git a/example_project/uv.lock b/example_project/uv.lock
index 53ab1c7..db260a5 100644
--- a/example_project/uv.lock
+++ b/example_project/uv.lock
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ mariadb = [
     { name = "mysqlclient" },
     { name = "pymysql" },
 ]
+mysql = [
+    { name = "cymysql" },
+    { name = "mysql-connector-python" },
+    { name = "mysqlclient" },
+    { name = "pymysql" },
+]
 postgres = [
     { name = "pg8000" },
     { name = "psycopg" },
@@ -239,19 +245,23 @@ dev = [
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "alembic", specifier = ">=1.18.4" },
     { name = "cymysql", marker = "extra == 'mariadb'", specifier = ">=1.1.1" },
+    { name = "cymysql", marker = "extra == 'mysql'", specifier = ">=1.1.1" },
     { name = "mariadb", marker = "extra == 'mariadb'", specifier = ">=1.1.14" },
     { name = "mysql-connector-python", marker = "extra == 'mariadb'", specifier = ">=9.7.0" },
+    { name = "mysql-connector-python", marker = "extra == 'mysql'", specifier = ">=9.7.0" },
     { name = "mysqlclient", marker = "extra == 'mariadb'", specifier = ">=2.2.8" },
+    { name = "mysqlclient", marker = "extra == 'mysql'", specifier = ">=2.2.8" },
     { name = "pg8000", marker = "extra == 'postgres'", specifier = ">=1.31.5" },
     { name = "psycopg", marker = "extra == 'postgres'", specifier = ">=3.3.4" },
     { name = "psycopg2", marker = "extra == 'postgres'", specifier = ">=2.9.12" },
     { name = "psycopg2cffi", marker = "extra == 'postgres'", specifier = ">=2.9.0" },
     { name = "pydantic-settings", specifier = ">=2.14.1" },
     { name = "pymysql", marker = "extra == 'mariadb'", specifier = ">=1.2.0" },
+    { name = "pymysql", marker = "extra == 'mysql'", specifier = ">=1.2.0" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy", specifier = ">=2.0.41" },
     { name = "sqlcipher3", marker = "extra == 'sqlite'", specifier = ">=0.6.2" },
 ]
-provides-extras = ["postgres", "sqlite", "mariadb"]
+provides-extras = ["postgres", "sqlite", "mariadb", "mysql"]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 dev = [